Overview
- Interview Summary
- Philip (Falk) Maisel, born on August 15, 1922 in Vilnius, Lithuanian, discusses his twin sister Bella Hirshorn and older brother Josef (both survived the Holocaust); the occupation of Vilnius by the Soviets and then the Germans; the persecution of Jews by Lithuanians and Germans; the massacre of Jews; the two ghettos in Vilnius; learning to be an automotive electrician; the liquidation of the ghetto in September 1943; being sent to extract shale oil (Ölschieferwerk Frommern) in Estonia work camps; being sent to several camps, including Dautmergen, Frommern, Schömberg, and Struthof; his jobs at the various camps; being sent on a death march; going to Ostrach, Germany, where they were liberated by French troops; going to Balingen near Frommern and working for the French Army and UNRRA; being a witness to a trial of the guards in Rastatt, Germany; his thoughts on Kapos; and his work at the Jewish Holocaust Centre in Melbourne, Australia.
- Interviewee
- Phillip Maisel
- Interviewer
- Diana Mara Henry
- Date
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interview:
2015
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Diana Mara Henry
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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4 digital files : MOV.
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- There are no known restrictions on access to this material.
- Conditions on Use
- Restrictions on use. Donor retains copyright. Third party use requests must be submitted to the donor.
- Copyright Holder
- Diana Mara Henry
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Automobile mechanics. Concentration camp inmates. Death march survivors. Death marches. Forced labor. Holocaust survivors--Australia. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives. Jewish ghettos--Lithuania--Vilnius. Jews--Lithuania--Vilnius. Kapos. War crime trials--Germany--Rastatt. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Estonia. World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Germany. World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Lithuania. Men--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Australia--Emigration and immigration. Balingen (Germany) Dautmergen (Germany) Estonia--History--German occupation, 1941-1944. Lithuania--History--German occupation, 1941-1944. Lithuania--History--Soviet occupation, 1940-1941. Melbourne (Vic.) Ostrach (Germany) Rastatt (Germany) Vilnius (Lithuania)
- Personal Name
- Maisel, Philip.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- Diana Mara Henry donated her oral history interview with Philip Maisel to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2015.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
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- 2023-11-16 09:32:24
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